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Bill	VETERANS-HAZARDOUS MATERIALS	Amends the National Guard Veterans Exposure to Hazardous Materials Act. Repeals provisions: establishing a task force to study the possible health effects of the exposure to hazardous materials; requiring the task force to submit a report by January 31, 2008; and terminating the task force on the earlier of the date it submitted the report or January 31, 2008.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 1537	Illinois HB 1537 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	44	3	2011-02-15	2011-08-05	openstates	ocd-bill/46462729-6d09-4caf-881e-035a1cebc50b	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1537&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=58677&SessionID=84&GA=97	70bf4618546e3836e4c20b843a9465ed779f88e780c869a8f2264cc570e4580d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1537 (97th) — VETERANS-HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Amends the National Guard Veterans Exposure to Hazardous Materials Act. Repeals provisions: establishing a task force to study the possible health effects of the exposure to hazardous materials; requiring the task force to submit a report by January 31, 2008; and terminating the task force on the earlier of the date it submitted the report or January 31, 2008.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 111–0 (pass) · lower
• Concurrence, Amendment 1 — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Linda Chapa LaVia — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2011-02-15 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia filing
• 2011-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-22 Assigned to Veterans' Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-03 Do Pass / Short Debate Veterans' Affairs Committee; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-03 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-08 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-10 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-03-14 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-03-14 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 15, 2011 reading-1
• 2011-03-17 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2011-03-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-23 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs referral-committee
• 2011-05-06 Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2011
• 2011-05-13 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2011
• 2011-05-13 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes amendment-introduction
• 2011-05-13 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-05-17 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to State Government and Veterans Affairs
• 2011-05-19 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt State Government and Veterans Affairs; 006-000-000
• 2011-05-19 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-19 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Holmes amendment-passage
• 2011-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2011
• 2011-05-20 Third Reading - Passed; 049-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-20 Arrived in House introduction
• 2011-05-20 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2011-05-20 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2011-05-20 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-05-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Veterans' Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2011-05-28 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2011-05-28 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
• 2011-05-28 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2011-05-28 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
• 2011-05-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Veterans' Affairs Committee; 013-000-000
• 2011-05-31 Added Co-Sponsor All Other Members of the House
• 2011-05-31 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 116-000-000
• 2011-05-31 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-29 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-05 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-05 Effective Date January 1, 2012
• 2011-08-05 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0258 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/46462729-6d09-4caf-881e-035a1cebc50b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).